If Canada fields its A team, and every member is two months sharper than they were the last time they performed as a unit, then the men’s 4×100 relay at this Saturday’s Diamond League track meet in London could turn into a clinic. It’s a rare meet on the circuit that features men’s and women’s…
The road to the Olympic Games hasn’t always been smooth for Canada’s athletes in Paris. A capsule look at the challenges some have faced in their careers: Sydney Pickrem, Clearwater, Fla., swimming “The biggest challenge has definitely always been mental health. Until I really discovered my issues with depression and anxiety and tackled them, I…
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernández won the Home Run Derby when he beat local star Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals 14-13 in the final round Monday night in Arlington, Texas. The 31-year-old Hernández hit 49 homers over three rounds that totalled 3.98 miles and became the first Dodgers player to win the…
The Canadian basketball community is a family tree. Take Steve Konchalski, the man affectionately known as Canada’s Coach K, who guided the men’s team at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia for 46 years. Konchalski was an assistant under Jack Donohue, who coached the Canadian men’s national team to Olympic qualification in 1976, 1980,…
Ayaka Furue of Japan made a late charge to win the Evian Championship with an eagle on the last hole to clinch her first major title on Sunday. The 24-year-old Furue held her nerve with another clinical putt, having made three birdies in the previous four holes to finish on 19 under overall in Evian-Les-Bains, France. Furue…
Barbora Krejcikova won the Wimbledon’s women’s final for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini on Saturday. Krejcikova is a 28-year-old from the Czech Republic who adds this trophy to her championship at the French Open in 2021. She was unseeded in Paris back then and was only the…
Paris is magic, glitter, love and style, says the Canadian athletes about to compete there in the Olympic Games. The prospect of performing in the world’s biggest sporting event with la Ville Lumiere, or City of Light, their stage makes their eyes soften and their voices take on a dreamy quality. “Paris is a very…
Canada’s men’s soccer coach Jesse Marsch says he has no interest in the open U.S. coaching job. The 50-year-old American was a candidate for the vacant U.S. position last year, but U.S. Soccer ultimately opted to rehire Gregg Berhalter. The job became open again Wednesday when Berhalter was fired in the wake of the 11th-ranked…
Leylah Fernandez will have plenty of competition at the National Bank Open. “Tennis Canada unveiled a star-studded entry list Wednesday, which included the 21-year-old from Laval, Que., for the women’s side of the national tournament set to run Aug. 4 to 12 in Toronto. Currently ranked No. 25 on the WTA Tour, Fernandez will be…
Watch as some of the world’s top athletes head to the Bregyo Athletic Center in Hungary to take part in the latest stop of the Continental Tour. Source link
